Lily Allen explains why she sent her daughters to private school in Brooklyn [Video]

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Lily Allen has opened up about her decision to send her two children to private school in Brooklyn, despite her misgivings due to her own experiences.

The pop star, author and actor discussed education with her friend and podcast co-host, Miquita Oliver, on the latest episode of Miss Me?, during which she responded to a listener who was worried about sending her child to private school.

“I think there are great public schools and there are great private schools,” she began, “so I don’t think that it neccessarily is about one or the other, it’s about what is available to you in your area, in which you live.”

She said that her two daughters, Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11, had been state educated while her family was living in London because they …